gOTT LITE?

Last Updated on Monday, 3 August 2009 05:31 Written by lisianblue Tuesday, 4 August 2009 06:00

Have you ever sat down with your collection of beads, sorted through them, picked out the ones you thought were just right to go with those pretty blue ones you just bought?  If you are a beader, I’m sure you have.   Or for those of you who quilt or make other items out of material, you pull out a stack of material and pick out the ones that you think will go together, spend hours cutting and sewing making everything just right.

Then you take that beautiful necklace or the wonderful pieced quilt outside and take a few pictures, and then you start muttering a few unmentionable words under your breath all because those blue beads aren’t blue, they’re more green, and that perfect match of material turns out to be less than perfect, and you think, How did that happen?

There are a variety of reasons, besides being color blind that is.  We all know that as we age, we may not see as well, but even our younger eyes can get tired from looking at a computer all day or working under fluoresent lights.  And, another reason – that “white” compact fluorescent or incandescent bulb isn’t so white after all!

Now, I don’t normally go around promoting just one brand, or company, and there may be other companies out there that do make something just like these, but I have to tell you these Ott Lites are amazing!

I treated myself to two of them in the past couple of days.   I have been trying so hard to take pictures of my ornaments to look as good as they really are, and after much trial and tribulation, I thought, I’m going to try these.  (They happen to be on sale for 50% off at JoAnns)

This is a picture from the Ott Lite website

Ott Lite Picture

but then I thought, it might be fun to test this myself

With Compact Fluorescent

ABOVE: This is a white piece of material – I took the picture directly under the compact fluorescent bulb – I haven’t done anything to the picture except auto correct the exposure.

With Ott Lite

ABOVE taken with a 9wt Ott Lite – untouched photo except auto exposure correction.

With Compact Fluorescent

With Ott Lite

HUGE difference wouldn’t you say?

I was absolutely amazed at the difference when I first turned on this light.   They also sell light bulbs that you can screw into a normal light fixture – Joann’s does carry a 20wt one, along with some of their lamps and Lowes also carries the Ott Lite brand.   What each store carries, may be different.

However, you can also order from Ott Lite – and they are having a sale right now.

So, if you find yourself mixing beads or material that don’t really match, or getting tired of doing all those color corrections on your photos that you’ve taken inside with your regular lights – you might want to consider one of these lights.

Have a beautiful and bright day.